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kristi518 's review for:
Alaskan Holiday
by Debbie Macomber
Recently it seems as if I have a had a love/hate relationship with this author's work. This book falls somewhere in the "meh" zone. I didn't dislike the book but I didn't love it either. The story seems a bit cliche with a big city woman falling for a small town (or in this case middle of nowhere in Alaska) man. It was a bit of awkward reading at the beginning and I feel like the story really didn't get interesting until almost the end.
The beginning of this story had me checking my Kindle to make sure I hadn't accidentally skipped pages. It seemed as if the story had started before the book began. These characters had already developed a relationship during the six months they knew each other prior to the beginning of the novel. Somehow, this made me feel left out. I also felt like the pace of the story was off and it didn't have a nice flow to it. I was almost left wondering if this wasn't an early book from this author that had been released again after getting a new cover.
As to the characters, well Palmer seemed a bit too awkward and I really didn't find myself enamored of Josie. Jack was a character I just wasn't sure about. While he seemed like someone I could grow to like, some of his actions were just too over the top. There isn't a large cast of characters in this book either which made finding ones to connect to a bit difficult.
All in all, this was an ok story. However, I think I would recommend any of the author's other Christmas novels over this one. While it had a cute cover and a good premise it just wasn't one of my favorites from Macomber.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher and was not required to write a review. All opinions are mine.
The beginning of this story had me checking my Kindle to make sure I hadn't accidentally skipped pages. It seemed as if the story had started before the book began. These characters had already developed a relationship during the six months they knew each other prior to the beginning of the novel. Somehow, this made me feel left out. I also felt like the pace of the story was off and it didn't have a nice flow to it. I was almost left wondering if this wasn't an early book from this author that had been released again after getting a new cover.
As to the characters, well Palmer seemed a bit too awkward and I really didn't find myself enamored of Josie. Jack was a character I just wasn't sure about. While he seemed like someone I could grow to like, some of his actions were just too over the top. There isn't a large cast of characters in this book either which made finding ones to connect to a bit difficult.
All in all, this was an ok story. However, I think I would recommend any of the author's other Christmas novels over this one. While it had a cute cover and a good premise it just wasn't one of my favorites from Macomber.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher and was not required to write a review. All opinions are mine.